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THOMAS FRANKLIN NIGHTINGALE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT-HOOK.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

To all whom, it may; concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS FRANKLIN N IGHTINGALE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of wall hooks or pegs such as are employed for hanging garments and the like; and it consists of a novel structure composed of thin sheet metal cut into a suitably-shaped blank and then struck up and folded into the desired shape of the hook or peg, and which comprises in its structure all the advantages derived from light sheet-metal construction and is at the same time substantially as strong as the ordinary cast-metal hooks or' pegs and presents a fully-rounded and smooth contour, which is desirable for such articles and which exhibits a smoother and better finish than any of the cheaply-constructed solid-metal hooks or pegs.

I11 the accompanying drawings, whichillustrate an embodiment of my invention, F igure 1 shows the sheet-metal blank in its condition after the first cutting and shaping operations are finished. Fig. 2 shows the said blank after the first operation of folding. Figs. 3 and 4 respectively show side and front views of the finished article, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

The drawings illustrate a garment-hook with two arms or branches, which in its finished condition is of the usual form. In constructing this garment-hook I first cut from sheet metal a blank of the general shape shown in Fig. 1. In this figure the line a a denotes the line about which the blank is to be bent in order to assume the proper hook shape. With respect to the line a a the blank is symmetrical, the curved branches A and B being integrally joined to the wings C, which finally constitute the base-plate of the hook. By means of a suitable tool or press I then channel the branches A and B, as shown in Fig. 1 When thus channeled, these branch es are preferably semicircular in crosssection. I then bend the blank shown in Fig. 1 upon the line a a as a folding axis until the two halves of the blank meet, the line a a of folding then coinciding with the plane similarly marked in Fig. 4. After this first bending or folding operation the blank appears as shown in Fig. 2 in side view. I then clamp the for the market.

branches A and B in a suitable swage, crowding the two halves of the blank firmly together, andgwhile these branches A and B are thus held I fold the wings C outwardly, the line 0 c, Fig. 2, representing the axis upon which these wings C are bent or folded.

When this operation is complete,the hook or peg appears as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the

two halves of the blank being integrally joined at the tip A and closely pressed together "along the line or plane a a with the wings C bent outwardly intoa plane at right angles with the plane of juncture a a. If desired, the hook or peg may now be polished, burnished, j apanned, or otherwise finished The wings C C collectively constitute the base-plate for the hook or peg and, as shown, may be provided with holes for attaching screws or nails.

Hooks or pegs formed in the manner above described may vary in shape to suit the needs or tastes of the manufacturer or dealer and when complete will be found well adapted to all the purposes for which such articles are commonly used. Such a hook or peg is moreover light and strong, possesses the advantages of cheapness and strength peculiar to stamped sheet-metal articles, and is byreason of the fully-rounded contour of the hook parts especially well adapted to the work of supporting garments and the like. The metal may be finished by burnishing, if desired; but for ordinary purposes this will not be found necessary.

IVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Awall hook or peg composed of stamped and folded halves and integral wings divergently bent from the folded portions, said wings forming a substantially continuous flat attaching-base for the hook or peg.

2. A wall hook or peg composed of stamped, channeled and folded sheet-metal halves and integral wings divergently bent from the ICO folded portions, said wings forming a substantially continuous fiat attaching-base for the hook or peg.

3. A wall hook or peg composed of stamped, channeled, folded and swaged sheet-metal halves, and integral wings divergently bent from the folded portions, said wings forming a substantially continuous flat attachingbase for the hook or peg.

4. A wall hook or peg consisting of two symmetrical sheet-metal halves, integrally joined at the tip of the hook'or peg, and fold ed to a plane of juncture, and integral Wings of juncture to form a base for said hook or divergently bent from said plane of juncture eg. 10 to form a base for said hook or peg. Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts,

5. A Wall hook or peg consisting of tWo this 3d day of April, 1905. 5 symmetrical, channeled sheet-metal halves, THOMAS FRANKLIN NIGHTINGALE.

integrally joined at the tip of the hook or peg, Witnesses: and folded to a plane of juncture, and inte- JOSEPH TQBRENNAN,

gral Wings divergently bent from said plane CHARLES D. WOODBERRY. 

